Systems Analysis and Simulation in Ecology. Volume IV

Content: 
Contributors, Page ii
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
List of Contributors, Pages xi-xiii
Preface, Page xv, BERNARD C. PATTEN
Contents of Other Volumes, Pages xvii-xx
Introduction to MODELS OF ESTUARINE–MARINE ECOSYSTEMS, Pages 1-2
1 - Conceptual Ecological Model of the Delaware Estuary, Pages 3-45, ROBERT A. KELLY
2 - Protein from the Sea: A Comparison of the Simulated Nitrogen and Carbon Productivity of the Peru Upwelling Ecosystem, Pages 47-61, JOHN J. WALSH, STEVEN O. HOWE
3 - A Simulation of the Mesoscale Distribution of the Lower Marine Trophic Levels off West Florida, Pages 63-110, JAMES J. O\'BRIEN, JOSEPH S. WROBLEWSKI
Introduction to MODELS OF TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS, Pages 111-112
4 - Mangrove Ecosystem Analysis, Pages 113-145, ARIEL E. LUGO, MAURICE SELL, SAMUEL C. SNEDAKER
5 - The Role of Species Interactions in the Response of a Forest Ecosystem to Environmental Perturbation, Pages 147-171, DANIEL B. BOTKIN
6 - Simulating the Physiology of a Temperate Deciduous Forest, Pages 173-218, PHILLIP SOLLINS, W. FRANKLIN HARRIS, NELSON T. EDWARDS
Introduction to MODELS OF HUMAN ECOSYSTEMS, Pages 219-220
7 - Human Ecosystem Design and Management: A Sociocybernetic Approach, Pages 221-237, HERMAN E. KOENIG
8 - Simulating the World Ecosystem, Pages 239-247, JOHN McLEOD
9 - Macroscopic Minimodels of Man and Nature, Pages 249-280, HOWARD T. ODUM
Introduction to SPECIAL PROBLEMS IN ECOSYSTEM MODELING, Pages 281-282
10 - Linear and Nonlinear Approaches for Ecosystem Dynamic Modeling, Pages 283-298, LEWIS J. BLEDSOE, LEWIS J. BLEDSOE
11 - The Aggregation Problem, Pages 299-311, BERNARD P. ZEIGLER
12 - The Validation Problem, Pages 313-325, HAL CASWELL
Introduction to THEORY IN ECOSYSTEM ANALYSIS, Pages 327-328
13 - Engineering Systems Analysis: Applicability to Ecosystems, Pages 329-371, JACK B. WAIDE, JACKSON R. WEBSTER
14 - Control Theory and the Regulation of Ecosystems, Pages 373-388, ROBERT J. MULHOLLAND, CRAIG S. SIMS
15 - The Sensitivity Substructure of Ecosystems, Pages 389-429, PETER H. ASTOR, BERNARD C. PATTEN, GERALD N. ESTBERG
16 - Patterns of Biological Control in Ecosystems, Pages 431-456, MICHAEL CONRAD
17 - Propagation of Cause in Ecosystems, Pages 457-579, BERNARD C. PATTEN, ROBERT W. BOSSERMAN, JOHN T. FINN, WILLIAM G. CALE
Index, Pages 581-593